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October 2017
BSN / Linklaters LLP: Black History Month Event – Monday 16 October
Linklaters’ BAME Network and the Black Solicitors Network (City branch) are delighted to invite you to spend an evening with renowned classical musician, Chi-chi Nwanoku, OBE. Chi-chi is the Founder, Artistic and Executive Director of Chineke! Foundation, which supports, inspires and encourages Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) classical musicians working in the UK, Europe and further afield. An ex-sprinter and half the size of her double bass, Chi-chi Nwanoku has gained a reputation as one of the finest exponents…
Find out more »The Lammy Review Conference – Invitation to BSN Members – Monday 2 October
The Lammy Review: The Final Report A Conversation Monday 2nd October 2017 A conference for members of the legal profession to discuss the recommendations in the Lammy Review & how we can all help to achieve #ColourBlindJustice We have changed venues so that we have room for a larger audience. The event is now taking place at: Kings College University - Waterloo Campus B5 Auditorium, Franklin-Wilkins Building Stamford Street, London SE1 8WA 6.30pm registration for a 7.00pm start Please can you inform…
Find out more »September 2017
The Law Society Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division Launches Peer Support Programme
The Law Society’s Ethic Minority Lawyers Division Pilot Peer Support Event for BAME Members The Law Society is launching a peer support programme aimed at black and minority ethnic (BAME) solicitors. BAME solicitors face a number of challenges which include career development, stress management, disproportionate regulatory interventions. The pilot initiative will be developed in recognition of the essential role solicitors can play in supporting and encouraging one another. Peer support involves people drawing on shared personal experience to provide knowledge, social…
Find out more »June 2017
2017 Diversity League Table: 10-year Study
We are delighted to launch the 2017 edition of BSN's Diversity League Table: 10-year Study (DLT2017) at an event hosted by Latham & Watkins. The Diversity League Table (DLT) is sponsored by The Law Society and is widely considered to be the legal profession's leading diversity reporting initiative and publication, covering gender, ethnicity, disabilities, sexual orientation and social mobility. DLT2017 reports on the barriers and drivers of diversity in the legal profession over the past 10 years and is based on a…
Find out more »April 2017
Notice of the BSN EGM – 3 April 2017 @ 6.30pm
Dear Members, NOTICE is hereby given of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) for the election of Chair of BSN, which meeting shall be held on Monday 3 April 2017 at 6.30 p.m. at the following address: Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ If you wish to attend this Extraordinary General Meeting or have any queries in this regard, please contact events@blacksolicitorsnetwork.org by 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday 29 March 2017.
Find out more »December 2016
EMLD Annual Lecture
To honour the achievements and highlight the positive contribution of BAME lawyers in the profession, the Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division (EMLD) is hosting its inaugural annual lecture with a prestigious figure. The lecture will coincide with Human rights week and in keeping with the theme the lecture will look at key human rights and equality issues. Guest speaker: Matthew Ryder QC Matthew Ryder QC is a barrister at Matrix Chambers in London, England. He specialises in complex crime and its…
Find out more »November 2016
UK Diversity Legal Awards 2016
The UK Diversity Legal Awards are the only industry awards which focus solely on recognising, promoting and celebrating equality, diversity and inclusion across the legal profession. Submissions are invited that cover one, some or all aspects of diversity; to include social mobility, gender, ethnicity, disabilities and sexual orientation. For supporters and winners of a UK Diversity Legal Award, this provides a platform from which to raise the profile of the excellent work being done and also demonstrate a proactive commitment…
Find out more »October 2016
Invitation to Black History Month event at City Hall – King Lear
As part of this year’s Black History Month events at City Hall, the Greater London Authority will be screening the Black-led production of King Lear on Friday 14 October 2016. This film, which was commissioned by The Space (Arts Council and the BBC funded) and the British Council as part of Shakespeare Lives, stars Don Warrington as Lear. This presentation is the stage-to-screen film of Talawa and Royal Exchange Theatre’s sell out production filmed in the round at Manchester’s Royal…
Find out more »September 2016
BSN/Government Legal Service Careers Event
The Government Legal Service, in association with BSN, invites you to a Government Legal Service Careers Event on 26 September at 6:30pm. Do you want to practise law at the heart at Government, advising Ministers and shaping the law as it is created? Would you like to access flexible working opportunities, and the training you need to grow your career? If so, why not join us for a careers evening brought to you by BSN and the Government Legal Service (GLS). GLS Careers evening Monday 26 September 6:30pm…
Find out more »BBC A Black History of Britain – Invitation to an event 8th September
A BLACK HISTORY OF BRITAIN Granville Sharp Plaque Invite Presented by Historian David Olusoga and made by the producer’s of the BAFTA-award winning 'Britain's Forgotten Slave-Owners', this ambitious series will reveal 2,000 years of Black British History re-imagined and retold as the story of all of us. As part of the series we are embarking on an ambitious project in which we are erecting heritage plaques across Britain and the world to commemorate key pivotal moments in this history. We…
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